McCollum set the Patriot League record for player of the week awards with his ninth career honor, third this season. He averaged 29.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.5 steals in a pair of victories for the Mountain Hawks. McCollulm scored 26 points with five steals and four rebounds as Lehigh beat American 71-60 on Wednesday, then totaled 32 points in a 78-56 win at Colgate on Saturday.

McCollum scored 14 points in the final 2:50 of the first half as Lehigh put together a 22-3 run to go ahead for good. He tied a career-high with seven 3-pointers in the game. McCollum is up to ninth in Patriot League history after scoring 58 points on the week to boost his career total to 1,711. He leads the Patriot League and stands fifth in the country with 21.2 points per game, and is averaging 28.3 per contest in the first three Patriot League games. McCollum has 159 points in the last six games, raising his scoring average from 18.8 to 21.2 during that span. McCollum broke the revious mark of eight career player of the week honors by Colgate’s Adonal Foyle (1994-97), Lafayette’s Brian Ehlers (1996-00) and American’s Garrison Carr (2005-09) and Vlad Moldoveanu (2009-11).

Hinrichs was named the Patriot League Men’s Basketball Rookie of the Week after averaging 11 points in two games last week. The award is the fifth of the season for Hinrichs, which is the most for a Lafayette men’s player since Stefan Ciosici won six in the 1995-96 campaign.

In the Leopards’ 75-63 victory over Army, Hinrichs had five points, two rebounds and an assist. The Clara City, Minn. native then tied a career high with a 17-point performance against Bucknell. Hinrichs ranks in the top five in the Patriot League in field-goal and 3-point percentage, and his 9.3 points per game this season leads all Patriot League rookies in scoring.

Lafayette visits Holy Cross on Thursday in a game on CBS Sports Network.

Martin was named the PSAC East Women’s Basketball Freshman of the Week for the second consecutive week and the fourth time this season after pouring in a career-high 22 points against Mansfield last Wednesday.

Martin averaged 11.5 points, 7.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.5 blocks in two games for the Warriors, who rebounded from their 70-58 loss to Mansfield with a 62-55 victory over Kutztown on Saturday to surpass last year’s total of five wins.

Martin was 7-for-13 from the field, 7-for-8 at the foul line and made her first career 3-pointer on her way to the career total. She also had eight rebounds, three assists and a steal against the Mounties.

She scored just one point in the win over Kutztown but had six rebounds, three assists, two steals and three blocks in 31 minutes to contribute to ESU’s third PSAC win of the season.

Martin tied ESU’s freshman record for blocked shots on Saturday, with 33 through the first 14 games of the season, matching Tonia Lloyd’s total in 1986-87. She ranks third in the PSAC with 2.4 blocks per game and is 12th overall and third among freshmen in field goal percentage at 47.8.

Martin is averaging 9.6 points and 5.6 rebounds in 26 minutes per game this season.

ESU visits Millersville on Wednesday.

Blair, a Bethlehem Catholic graduate, was named Landmark Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week.

The senior forward averaged a double-double last week as the Greyhounds were 2-1, winning both Landmark games. She had a high of 20 points in a non-conference, two-point loss to Eastern. She brought down a high of 17 rebounds against Merchant Marine. For the week, she averaged 16.7 points, 10.3 boards and 2.7 blocks per game, and shot 61 percent from the field for the week.

This season, Blair is averaging 14.2 points, 8.7 rebounds and 3.6 blocks per game to go with 37 assists and 14 steals. She has also moved into 10th place in career rebounds at 594, and is the school’s record holder with 271 career blocked shots.

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TOM HOUSENICK watches every move Lehigh’s C.J. McCollum makes on the court, laughs at every joke by Lafayette coach Fran O’Hanlon and watches all the Divisions II and III coaches and players do it for the love of the game. Basketball makes the cold weather season go by fast. Already can’t wait for late February and early March when each possession could result in a season ending or continuing on.

Wrapping up his ninth year at The Morning Call, STEPHEN MILLER is back for year No. 4 on the LVC football beat. He chronicled Central Catholic's state-championship run in 2010, watched Nazareth win its first LVC title in 2011 and saw the league crown tri-champions for the first time in 2012. He has also covered the Phillies, college football and a variety of prep sports while with The Morning Call. To stay updated on the 2013 LVC football season, check out the Varsity blog and follow him on Twitter @mcall_smiller.